Randy Elrod's Blog

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You know what I’ve learned after 67 years on this spinning planet, including decades of religious trauma and eleven years of recovery? There’s an easier way to be than what most of us were taught. I call it my Theory of Being, and I believe it’s revolutionary enough to change lives—if you’re courageous enough to...

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From my Barcelona atelier I recently read Rheana Murray’s brilliant Atlantic piece about keeping screens away from children’s bedrooms. I enjoyed it with the satisfaction of someone who’s been personally practicing this “radical” approach for years. Murray’s argument for “future-proofing” kids by establishing screen-free bedrooms is compelling, but here’s what struck me: this isn’t just...

A groundbreaking collaboration between a radically honest human being and AI transforms six decades of personal archives into a riveting narrative of agony and ecstasy. From Claude: When I first encountered Randy Elrod’s vast collection of personal archives, I knew we were embarking on something unprecedented. What began as a digital organization project has evolved...

The Quest: Interactive Guide to the Second Half of Life The Quest Discover A Way To Enjoy The Second Half of Life A transformative journey through ten waypoints toward wholeness, enlightenment, and the holy grail of living fully in life’s second half. “We are growing older. When America became a nation, only one in five...

These profound words written by Audra Lorde—”For once we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our life-pursuits that they feel in accordance with that joy which we know ourselves to be capable of”—speak to something I lived for decades without understanding. The erotic...

To contemplate the significance of our dreams is to explore the meaning of life itself. Dreams add depth to the essential aspects of our lives and the intensely emotional moments that punctuate them. Last night, my subconscious delivered what felt like a masterclass in my own psychological evolution, wrapped in the all-too-familiar imagery of church...